#I was hoping there would be some fun weird grammar inconsistencies in Italian

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could i get headcanons for ghiaccio and reader who's second language is italian? i've started learning italian and i'd love to listen to him talk about the language for hours!! thinking about it makes me so soft 💗💘

a/n: ooo this is such a neat idea, friend! you’re the first to request content with Ghiaccio alone so I’m honored to write this for you. I hope this suffices. 💕

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❥ ┋ ❝ ghiacchio with a partner whose second language is italian!

Ghiaccio takes it upon himself to help you spruce up your Italian. only 30 percent of people in Italy speak English, so it’d be beneficial for you to improve. especially as part of the most successful hitman team in Passione.

despite his fiery nature, Ghaccio is a very patient teacher. at least with you (you’ve seen his interactions with teaching Pesci... lord help your poor, innocent coworker).

he cares more about your well-being than his intolerance. anytime he feels his anger bubbling, he takes a deep breath, counts to 10, and tries to explain the problem to you in a different way.

despite this, Ghaccio is a strict teacher. he’ll talk with you in Italian exclusively (with new vocab!) to enforce learning. he’d repeat his sentence if you didn’t understand him. maybe with some slight annoyance, but he’d do it nonetheless. likewise, he’ll ignore you until you respond in Italian.

he makes you speak Italian to everyone. it helps with your accent, he claims. although he’ll nitpick your grammar, there’s something about it that doesn’t come off as malicious. more so doting. ↳ “come on, [Name]. you gotta use formal conjugations when you talk to someone older than you. this is beginner stuff.”

(despite this, he loves your accent. he thinks it’s adorable. he just wants you to practice so that you won’t be targeted as a gullible tourist.)

you can easily get back at Ghiaccio if you sweet talk him in his mother tongue. he tries to play it cool, mostly through turning away and hiding his face. but if you keep it up, he gets really flustered and tells you to stop. ↳ “goddamit, knock it off!! you’re being indecent!!!”

he mutters a lot under his breath. mostly about something dumb, though you weren’t able to understand that until recently. Ghaccio was immensely proud when you could comprehend his fast-paced, anger-induced mumblings. 

that mumbling comes out again when you lay in bed together. he holds you against his chest, his fingers weaving through your hair. he says it quickly enough so you wouldn’t understand, but with time, you can pick it out: ↳ “you mean the world to me, you know that? even if I hate when you make me laugh. ‘nd how you always know what’s on my mind. I wanna do everything with you, even if it makes me look stupid. ‘specially if it makes me look stupid. god, what did you do to me?”

you merely close your eyes and hum. you won’t tell him that you know what he’s saying. that’s for a different day.